Picture of a first day train ticket at the Weardale Railway Re-Opening.

On the 16th August 2006 the Weardale Railway Re-Opened.

The first public train departed Wolsingham at 11:00am.

This was preceded by a train for the local media which ran from Stanhope to Wolsingham.

The services where operated by the Weardale Railways Class 141 Pacer DMU.